Opinion

142287~Reaction to merit pay idea typical, unfortunate---Dear

In Mr. Frank Valadez's letter of June 16, he explains why the Gilroy Unified School District is taking a harder look at homeschoolers. He finds that an increasing number of truant families in GUSD claim to be homeschooling in order to "keep investigative personnel at bay and as a means of avoiding prosecution."

On Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the end of a long editorial board

To feed or not to feed, that can be a difficult question.

149985~Cut fire and police retirement benefits back to 75% after

Where, oh where, are California's Indian tribes now that they're

I so appreciate the tone of Mr. Dennis Taylor's column of March

151370~Save Terri Schiavo's life or consequences will be dire

Substitute teacher Alan L. Johnson wrote in his letter to the

The most appalling story I read in The Dispatch this year had